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Italy: The latest front of war on cash

19th January 2021 Going Postal 0

Together with Germans and Greeks, Italians have long been the most stubborn and steadfast of Europeans in their love of cash. For years, they have resisted cards and digital payments and viewed with deep suspicion [more…]

Emile Woolf, Going Postal
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The Economic Chasm Confronting Us – A Layman’s Assessment

18th January 2021 Emile Woolf 0

The huge economic harm caused by Covid-19 is seen and experienced clearly and directly on a daily basis. Less obvious is the damage wrought in every welfare-driven democracy whose government finds itself in the dual-role [more…]

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Dancing With the Dragon, Part One

18th January 2021 Always Worth Saying 0

China is one single indivisible territory containing one single indivisible people. It is the most populous nation on earth, the world’s second-biggest economy and has a longer continuous history than any other country – three [more…]

Godfrey Bloom, Going Postal
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An Open Letter to the Chancellor

4th January 2021 Godfrey Bloom 0

Dear Chancellor, Fiscal Discipline The government reaction to the Coronavirus pandemic hypothesis has bordered on hysterical, but we are where we are & the unprecedented national debt is estimated at over two & one half [more…]

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Pretext for Dystopia – You Lucky People, Part Two

30th December 2020 Going Postal 0

Leading on from Part 1………. In the meantime, perhaps we should take the proposals of The Great Reset one by one and examine them in both pragmatic and ethical terms…….. No. 1 – Thanks to [more…]

Authoritarianism

Pretext for Dystopia – You Lucky People, Part One

22nd December 2020 Going Postal 0

By titling their recently published World Economic Forum treatise Covid-19: The Great Reset, the evident glee with which the authors – economists Klaus Schwab and Thierry Malleret – greet the pandemic as a harbinger of [more…]

Emile Woolf, Going Postal
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Some Unseasonal Reflections on Money

21st December 2020 Emile Woolf 0

Several comments and questions on my last essay deserve a thoughtful response, which is the theme of today’s essay. You may recall its references to today’s dependency culture – the “expectation syndrome” that fuels the [more…]

1642again, Going Postal
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Turnaround – Turning Around Failing Companies or Organisations

7th December 2020 1642again 0

The Covid panic/lockdown disaster has confronted many businesses and other organisations throughout the UK with an existential challenge.  A long dark winter of spreading and harsher lockdowns is crushing large numbers already and others will [more…]

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How the Crisis Unfolds

23rd November 2020 Emile Woolf 0

Economically speaking, we are in a pickle. The blame-game is in full flow in its search for scapegoats. The most obvious culprit is, of course, the Covid virus, but it would be a huge mistake [more…]

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